Breakthrough and Escape from Egghead

"Notify all Marines: stop Ancient Weapon Wood from leaving at all costs! That man killed Saturn!"

Realizing they couldn't catch up to Wood, Lucci took out a Den Den Mushi and contacted the Marine fleet surrounding Egghead, hoping they could stop him.

Of course, Lucci didn't expect the cannon fodder Marines to hold Wood off for long. But even a few extra seconds would help close the distance between them and Wood.

Aboard a warship from the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, Saint Nusjuro had been sitting in a chair with his sword in his arms. At Lucci's report, a look of utter astonishment crossed his face.

The Five Elders had been colleagues for many years and knew each other well. Saint Nusjuro was very familiar with Saturn's regenerative abilities, and he simply couldn't understand how Wood had killed him.

Of course, he had no time to dwell on that now. The only thing he needed to do was keep Wood there.

Regardless of whether the other man was a descendant of Joy Boy, the fact that he had killed Saturn was enough to warrant his death a hundred times over.

Saint Nusjuro stepped onto the deck and slowly drew Shodai Kitetsu from its sheath. Then his appearance began to change.

The back of his formerly bald head began to stretch out, while his body grew taller and more indistinct.

It was obvious from the drastic changes to his body that Saint Nusjuro, like Saturn, was a Zoan Devil Fruit user—and most likely a Mythical Zoan as well.

In Saint Nusjuro's hand, Shodai Kitetsu's blade was first coated in Haki, then began to blaze with eerie ghostly flames.

Saint Nusjuro looked up at the sky and, almost the instant Wood swept over his head, gripped the sword with both hands